On the strong van der Waals forces between hadrons due to confining potentials

Journal Article · Sun Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1987 · Int. J. Mod. Phys. A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X87000119· OSTI ID:6021235

Barut, A O; Raczka, R

The problem of long range forces between hadrons is re-examined. Without color degrees of freedom the confining potentials lead to unacceptably large van der Waals forces. The color degrees of freedom are investigated in the case of mesons taking into account both of the color singlet states of four constituents. The consistency of the color scheme requires the existence of four-quark bound states as well as two separate mesons and puts still restrictions on the confining potentials.

• Research Organization: Physics Dept., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
• OSTI ID: 6021235
• Journal Information: Int. J. Mod. Phys. A; (United States), Journal Name: Int. J. Mod. Phys. A; (United States) Vol. 2:1; ISSN IMPAE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

645204* -- High Energy Physics-- Particle Interactions & Properties-Theoretical-- Strong Interactions & Properties
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BAG MODEL
COLOR MODEL
COMPOSITE MODELS
DEGREES OF FREEDOM
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
HADRONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUARK MODEL
VAN DER WAALS FORCES